OUR CHRISTMAS DINING ROOM 2017

Christmas Day 2017 will fall on a Monday....

Christmas dinner is going to be a bit different

this year as some must leave early and return to work

on Tuesday or leave early in the morning to enjoy

dinner with their other side of the family.

We do have our menu of grilled steaks and crab legs

so it will be a quiet but delicious dinner for four.

Today, I am inviting you all into a tour of the

formal dining room, which happens to be my favorite

room in the entire house.

I love the colors and the intimacy of this room.

I placed my santa in red with the toile collection

that sits on the serving tray made by my father.

This santa is 30 years old now.

Mother's sideboard buffet is adorned with gold and silver.

The lighting in this room is always a bit tricky so the exposure

is often hard to calculate. 

This is going to look so pretty in the evening as the houses

and trees light up with a very soft glow.

This year I am using our Better Homes and Gardens dinnerware

which features beautiful woodland scenes.

These little sugared houses are so so pretty....

My Victorian snow children are also quite vintage now...

probably about 35 years old.

I will try to capture a photo of these at night

when you are able to see the light from within the little windows.

I love, love, love the cookie jars featured with this set

from a few years ago.

I keep them out all year as they are just so beautiful.

It's a sweet little village with beautiful trees...

The platter was a new pattern added this year....

Santa's gilded sleigh is filled with mercury glass ornaments....

This green bubble glass ashtray was in my parent's

living room for as long as I can remember...

a treasured piece....

Isn't she too sweet....so Victorian 

I draped a heirloom pink pearl bracelet within this wreath....

I hope you enjoyed the tour....
I love visiting formal dining rooms all dressed up for the holidays!
We wish each and every one of you the Merriest of Christmas Day
and
A HAPPY NEW YEAR!